1. Copy these key facts if you did not complete them yesterday!!
Bull Run- 1st major land battle of Civil War
Monitor v. Merrimack (Virginia)- 1st battle between ironclad warships
Battle of Shiloh- Helped Union control the Mississippi River
Battle of New Orleans- Union wins, so Confederates can’t trade on Mississippi River
Battle of Antietam- bloodiest battle of the war/1st battle in northern lands

2. 1st BATTLE OF MANASSAS/ BULL RUN
CIVIL WAR BATTLES,
1st BATTLE OF MANASSAS/ BULL RUN
July 21, 1861
- Northerners expected a quick
victory and an early end to
the war.
Residents of Washington,
D.C. came out to watch
Confederates won the battle
General Thomas Jackson
earned the title “Stonewall
Jackson at this battle

3. BATTLE OF THE MONITOR AND MERRIMAC
CIVIL WAR BATTLES ,
BATTLE OF THE MONITOR AND MERRIMAC
March 9, 1862
first battle between two
ironclad warships; marked
new age in naval warfare
battle ended in a “draw”,
neither side won

4. CIVIL WAR BATTLES , 1861-1862 Shiloh (Tennessee) April 6, 1862
bloodiest battle of the war to that
point
-- 1,735 Union dead
-- 7,882 Union wounded
-- 1,728 Confederate dead
-- 8,012 Confederate wounded
- Union victory

5. CIVIL WAR BATTLES , 1861-1862 ANTIETAM (Maryland) September 17, 1862
bloodiest single day of battle
in America’s history
-- 2,010 Union dead
-- 9,416 Union wounded
-- 1,512 Confederate dead
-- 7,816 Confederate wounded
Confederate defeat which prevented
Gen. Lee from convincing Britain
to support the South

6. CIVIL WAR EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
                                                                                                                            
CIVIL WAR EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
January 1, 1863
Political move on the part of
Abraham Lincoln when he was
concerned the North was tiring
of war
- Freed only the slaves in the
“rebellious” states
Gave the North a new reason to
continue the war
Britain decided to withhold
recognition of the Confederacy